Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

It didn't take long for the three of them to stare at the sore eyes, watching the glass burn red and then slowly soften like ooze.

"It's really like ooze, it's really miraculous." The three shouted in disbelief when they saw this.

And the blacksmith skillfully put the softened glass into a pre-prepared iron container next to it.

The three of them watched eagerly, waiting for the container to cool down.

After an unknown period of time, the blacksmith opened the box, and saw a round, clear glass ball with burrs inside.

Master Cui Ren carefully picked up the glass ball, feeling Yu Wen and said: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that the fragile colored glaze would turn into ooze under the fire."

Colored glaze can be processed in this way, and it is not limited to color and shape. The patterns that colored glaze can play are obviously more than those of jade jewelry.

In this way, can Liuli replace those jade jewels?

Isn't this a monopoly business?

Thinking of this, the three of them couldn't help but take a deep breath, monopolizing the entire jade and jewelry industry with colored glaze, what a big business it is!

They really don't care about benefiting the country and the people, but they can have such a big business, so they can't let it go.

"Okay, we agree to join this chamber of commerce."

"Okay, from now on, our Chamber of Commerce and Industry will advance and retreat together." Wu Meiniang raised her glass and shouted.

"Advance and retreat together!!"

"Dry!!"

After the four of them finished the glass of wine, the chamber of commerce was formally established. Wu Meiniang became the first president of the chamber of commerce, and Li Daozong, who was behind the screen, served as the vice president.

Although Li Daozong didn't show up, he was still strongly asked to serve as the vice president for peace of mind.

And Li Tai behind the screen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the ingredients of jade jewelry are mainly silica, aluminum oxide, sodium chloride and so on.

There is not much difference between these compounds and diamonds and glass in essence, and they can all be synthesized artificially.

The only difference between glass and them is that the processing method and difficulty of glass are too low.

When people discovered how to smelt glass, the amount of glass gradually became larger and cheaper.

With the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, it will soon be able to monopolize luxury goods across the entire Tang Dynasty by relying on glass, and at the same time crazily export glass jewelry in reverse.

In this way, gold and silver flowed from other countries to Datang. When Datang became rich, other countries would become poorer.

From a certain point of view, it has benefited the country and the people.

Using scientific knowledge to change the world, this is the charm of science!

Thinking of this, Li Tai couldn't help showing a gratified smile, and his painstaking efforts were not in vain.

Chapter 114

After drinking and eating, the three of them left in moderation.

Li Tai and Yan Wan came out from behind the screen, sat beside Wu Meiniang, looked at her blushing face and asked.

"Is Mei Niang drunk?"

Although her face was flushed, her eyes were clear, and she replied with a smile: "Meiniang has long been prepared to learn about alcohol and medicine. Don't look at my face flushed, but I am not drunk at all."

"Sister is really well-prepared." Yan Wan immediately praised after hearing this, drinking the anti-alcoholic medicine can greatly increase her drinking capacity.

"Tang uncle's matter today, thank you, thank you very much, uncle, the rest is my nephew's family affairs..." Li Tai turned his head and said to Li Daozong.

Li Daozong immediately understood Li Tai's meaning, saluted and said: "There are still some things in Tangbo's family, if you need anything, just go to Tangbo."

"Okay!" Li Tai nodded.

"The minister will leave." Li Daozong bowed very much and exited the restaurant.

Seeing that Li Daozong had left, Li Tai saw that Wu Meiniang's stamina had obviously improved.

"The chamber of commerce has been formed. Meiniang drank too much wine. Let's take a rest first. If there is anything to do, we will talk about it after waking up."

Li Tai turned to the owner of the restaurant and said, "Send two maids to help the princess into the private room."

Under the service of two maids, Wu Meiniang, who was half awake, was helped into the private room.

"Women don't give way to men, and women are more beautiful than men. Isn't it tiring to be so strong?"

Seeing Wu Meiniang's appearance, Yan Wan's eyes were filled with puzzlement and doubt, and she asked Li Taidao thoughtlessly.

Li Tai frowned and thought for a while, then relaxed his brows and said, "It won't be tiring, she enjoys it."

"Let's go, let's go shopping with Wan'er today."

"Okay." Yan Wan looked at Wu Meiniang thoughtfully, and replied.

As soon as the two of them left the restaurant, they entered a noisy Chang'an Avenue, bustling and buzzing with people.

There was a salesman who was carrying goods and shouted: "Sell goods, sell goods..."

There are also Confucian students who came to the imperial examination with their books on their backs, muttering to themselves: "This year, I will definitely pass the exam."

Pedestrians coming and going even commented, "The Wu family's glazed jewelry is so beautiful!"

Li Tai glanced around, and said to Yan Wan who was beside him, "Today is even more lively than when we came here."

Yan Wan replied with a smile: "Yes, it's already December, and today is the first day of the new year. Vendors rushing to the market, students rushing to take exams, and people preparing new year's goods have all rushed here."

"Wan'er still missed it, there is another important day today."

"Well, the husband is talking about the date of the newspaper's publication?"

"That's right." Li Tai nodded, and led Yan Wan towards the National Newspaper Office: "Let's go, let's see how Master's newspaper is going."

In the previous shop, the Wu family expressed that they voluntarily donated it to the imperial court as the national newspaper, and even said that all the bookstores of the Wu family could help sell the "National Daily" for free.

After much deliberation, Wei Zhengsi did not agree, but hired a few people to shout and sell on the street.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers~~"

As the two gradually approached the National Newspaper Office, more and more passers-by with newspapers in their hands passed by.

Turning the corner, there are more people on this street.

Some of them read while walking, some discussed with their companions, and some of them discussed fiercely in groups, and their discussions could be heard from far away.

"No compensation, no land, no tribute, the emperor guards the gate of the country, the king dies in the country, and I wait for the men of the Tang Dynasty. Even if we die standing up, we cannot live on our knees."

"Your Majesty's words are really domineering, and it makes people's blood unbearable."

"I wait for the men of the Tang Dynasty to be like this!!"

"This year's imperial examination, I will definitely pass the exam and work for Datang!!"

Some unknown traders and passers-by were attracted and bought a copy.

Even some illiterate Hu merchants who wandered around bought a copy curiously. Since they were illiterate, they could only hold a dictionary and look it up word by word.

This behavior surprised many people.

Finally, Li Tai walked up to the newspaper vendor.

"Buy a newspaper... "Confucian Daily" for five cents a copy, and you can learn the sage's words for only five cents!"

"Give me two copies." Li Taijin said to the Confucian scholar who sold the Confucian newspaper.

"Okay." Li Tai took the newspaper, handed one to Yan Wan, and began to slowly look at the first edition of "Rubao".

The paper is better, and the ink is used. The printing is not satisfactory. Some words are not printed very clearly, but it does not affect the reading.

As for the content, on the front is the praise of Li Shimin on state affairs, and on the back is the teachings of the Confucian sages, which are not so easy to understand in classical Chinese.

Overall, I feel very good.

Not long after we left, the National Newspaper Office arrived.

Li Tai looked around and felt that there was not much difference from the previous furnishings. The four treasures of the study and various books were still on display.

It's just that the price is slightly higher, and at the same time there are two more guards with knives pinned to their waists at the door, and there are a lot of people coming and going in a very orderly manner.

"Guest..." Seeing a guest coming to the door, Xiao Er hurried forward to greet him, but when he saw that it was Li Tai, he hurriedly changed his words and saluted: "I pay my respects to Your Highness and Princess."

"Waiting, is the teacher there?" Li Tai asked Xiaoer.

"The Duke is in the back courtyard. The younger one will lead His Highness and Princess there."

"Lead the way ahead."

"Yes." Xiao Er hurriedly led Li Tai into the back courtyard.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Wei Zheng sitting alone in the courtyard, his face looked a bit sad.

"Students pay their respects to the teacher." Li Tai walked up to Wei Zheng and asked, "Why is the teacher sighing? Could it be that the newspapers are not selling well?"

Wei Zhengchang sighed and said, "Guobao is no match for Confucianism, even though it only sells students who can read.

It's just that there are few people who buy and read the people's livelihood, but many people read the sage's teachings in "Confucianism Daily", and the knowledge of teachers is not as good as that of others! "

"Not as knowledgeable as a human?"

"Exactly." Wei Zheng let out a long breath and said, "There was no "Confucianism Newspaper" in the first edition, but now there is "Confucianism Newspaper" for comparison.

Now, with such a comparison, anyone can see the difference between the two. I am not as knowledgeable as Kong Yingda, and now everyone in Chang'an is discussing this matter.

The knowledge of the teacher is not as good as that of Kong Yingda, I am afraid the newspaper office is not competent! ! "

Hearing this, Li Tai somewhat understood Wei Zheng's worries. In terms of Confucian knowledge, few people in Tang Dynasty today can compare with Kong Yingda.

There was no comparison before, so naturally there was no harm. Now that there is Kong Yingda's comparison, it is a judgment call.

Originally Wei Zheng didn't care about this matter, but there were too many people talking, which made Wei Zheng feel a little worried.

"Teacher, you don't need to worry about this." Li Tai waved his hand and said.

"As the saying goes, both the refined and the vulgar are rewarded, most of the people in this world are still illiterate laymen, and there are only a few scholars with elegant literary talents.

So there is no need to worry about this. "

"Both refined and popular?" Wei Zheng should understand this truth, but he couldn't bear the fact that there are so many literati in the imperial court!

"Hey." Wei Zhengchang sighed and said: "Let's be vulgar. If more people can learn to read and write, it will not be in vain for us to work hard."

"It's good that the teacher can figure it out." Li Tai showed a smile.

"How's your homework going?" Wei Zheng asked suddenly.

Chapter 115

"Homework..." Li Tai was stunned for a moment, he hasn't practiced much homework lately....

"Come on, practice." Wei Zheng found two bamboo sticks from nowhere.

"No, no... Teacher, let's go tomorrow..." Li Tai's expression changed immediately, and he hurriedly said, "Teacher, the students have other things..."

"Oh? There are other things, forget it over there~" Wei Zheng said with a regretful face.

Li Tai was speechless, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that Wei Zheng wanted to vent his grievances in the name of homework.

"Master farewell..."

Li Tai hurriedly pulled Yan Wan out, if he hadn't come out earlier, he would have been beaten for no reason.

"..." Wei Zheng shook his head.

Li Tai walked around with Yan Wan for a whole afternoon, and it was almost dusk.

"Come on, let's go back and see if Mei Niang has woken up." Li Tai led Yan Wan towards the restaurant.

I don't know if Wu Meiniang is awake, but there are some things that need to be explained, especially the cotton seeds and a series of things that need to be explained.

"Just walked into the restaurant." Li Tai saw Wu Meiniang.

At this moment, she looked pale, with joy in her brows and eyes, seeing Li Tai salute with a smile: "Husband and sister are back?"

"Meiniang is awake? Are you feeling unwell?" Li Tai asked hastily.

"Don't worry, husband, you're already awake."

"Okay, let's go, my husband has something to discuss with Meiniang." Li Tai nodded, and hurriedly dragged Wu Meiniang into the private room.